Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Manchester
- Town
- Chorlton-cum-Hardy
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Faculty Granted
Date: 17 October 1919
Attended by:
- Faculty Granted
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 25073
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Current location
St Clement's Church
Edge Lane
Chorlton-cum-Hardy
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M21 9AE
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 81254 93809
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Bronze Plaque set within a pedimented wooden frame. Below is a separate brass plaque on wooden backboard for WW2.
- Inscription
- THE PARISH OF ST CLEMENT, CHORLTON-CUM-HARDY, HEREBY PLACE ON RECORD THEIR EVERLASTING GRATITUDE TO ALL THOSE MEN OF THE PARISH WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919, AND ESPECIALLY DESIRE TO PERPETUATE THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING WHO FELL [Names in 2 columns] "THUS THESE MEN DIED LEAVING THEIR DEATHS FOR AN EXAMPLE OF NOBLE COURAGE"/ 2 MACCABEES vi 31 "WE PRAISE THEE O GOD" TO THE/GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY/OF THOSE MEN FROM THIS PARISH WHO GAVE/THEIR LIVES IN BATTLE OR BY ENEMY/ACTION DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR/1939-1945 (exact line spacing unknown)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Barks, Frederick C
Bishop, S M
Bradshaw, Colin R
Brierley, Frederick
Burgoin, Eric
Butcher, William R
Bygrave, Horace L
Clarke, Horace L
Cookson, Sydney R
Dale, Clarence
See details for all 54 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 54
Served and returned: 0
Died: 54
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of information: surname THEN forename - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- First World War memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - Frame
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Second World War memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass - Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- First World War memorial
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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